Ah, so burning the clocks will make the earth start tilting again so we get Spring and Summer? What happened to the millions of years when we didn't have clocks or Solstice mumbo jumbo to make the sun come back?
It's just a festival with kids enjoying making laterns, the parade and the...
You can watch from the pier, but Marine Parade is as good as any viewpoint. The kids make a lot of the decorations that are burnt. The fireworks are quite good.